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for ji - jb reorder i drinlriwj always fresh uj j purvis & co ltd price 6d wednesdays 9d saturdays published bi weekly canada's best hamilton bermuda wednesday june 2 1954 volume xxx no 92 m.p.'s continue to wrangle over site for new post office hundreds turn out w * s_si . "-___, 4-_^^-_---Â»jn--------_'^------------l b-a mmmlttmm wm . * jf : __ twa -â– .*-** 4^wfl m^mmmmw m *Â« * vt^-_-_-i * * <-^ _-_------------~ p^pvbmswn ww vts^'scflvt t^bgy^p^bsm _â– _______? * __> ' a 4^_______r :___. ___â– * l------l^-p mmmwm^^m w . tl _â€¢ . tpa '; w b|k ajijf qjmmmtwmtbmmmz?e b k_k > s 9_\ttfsr^f maÂ£z!$&wmmâ€”m tiij^^kt f b-_---------fe ej_3 ___â– * i _â– -!â– %Â»; imm bfill j^ft-vt for empire youth sunday ceremony alter another two-boor wrangle in the house ot assembly on monday about the site upon which to construct an up-to-date general tost office for the colony members were forced to three very important messages one of which was from her majesty the queen were heard at the service in the cathe dral on sunday marking local observance of empire youth deter debate in the hope that they would reach a decision at a later meeting sunday members seemed perplexed and church streets and 2 that it would be necessary to construct a new prison which w o u 1 d cost an estimated 100.000 about 500 years represent ing variou s organizations and several adults listened intent ly as his excellency the gov ernor lit general sir alex ander hood read the queen's message expressing hope that in these years of prepara tion the youth of the com monwealth may go forward with confidence in their high destiny and with affection for each other as brothers and sisters on one world-wide family . ." the colony and in the hands of the whole of the youth lies the destiny of the world av h e t h e r the overnment 7*fiould move the post office from the present site b if â– so can the hamilton hotel which was purchasi*d with a a*ie\v towards converting it into a p.o among other things be used and e if not what alte*rnative site should be selected these question have been on three main questions a to the adults rev cattell said : don't be too critical of youth because of over anxiety . . . there is nothing continuing mr davidson stated that the more the com niitte*e le>oked at the hamilton hotel the clearer it became that it was unsuitable for the post office aside from the cost of conversion there was tiie major problem of re locating government depart ments now using the building to t ll ( youngster than to e told w were not like that when w were young youth ha s ' beer criticised since the beginning more uiide*r special study for more ihan a year by a joint select committee of the legislature which came forward three wee*ks ago with a report ad vising against a and b and recommending instead that a new post office be con structed at an estimated cost of 100.000 on a plot of land east of the hamilton hotel the land at present is owned by the corporation of hamil ton of time : * a Â« f * *Â£ at s - .- mm 3_mw i___k n k ***** ~" mmmmmww m^^m a * _.____________â– Â§__ i i a______l l_________a e m^wm*m7m fc zm _____! * b___i i * * j w ~**** g l-__b m a<m - -__-^-__ m .. ziw youths attending the ser vice came from all parts of the island dressed as scouts guides cubs brownies and church and members of boys and girlg brigades some of the parties were accompanied by their bands as regards criticism of ex penditure needed to carry out the committee's final proposal mr davidson warned members that they should not take too myopic a view in the matte pointed out that it was a pub lie convenience whieh was also a money-making one the pro fits last year amounted to some 85.000 he said and over 10 million pieces of mail m*9t handled the other messages were specifically to b e r m u d a's youth and adults from the kev j cattell headmaster of w h i t n e y institute who preached the youth day ser mon at the conclusion of the service the organizations were reviewed in a colourful march past in front of the cathedral with tht governor on the re viewing stand were mr c r s elford joint island com niisioner of scouts and dr marjorie hallett island guide commissioner to the youth he said bermuda needs you the com monweath need you and the world needs you don't be trav tliem you are playing a leading role thi g afternoon because you are important people in this community in your hands lies the destiny of strongest opposition to this plan is beinjr led by mr ernest vesey chairman of the tho main question involved in operation of a post office was speed mr davidson went on and one of the advantages of the proposed plan is that every facility with regard to speed could be incorporated finance committee who feels that it would involve the colony in considerable ex penditure especially sin<*e"it is not known what figure the corporation of hamilton would ask for the sale of its property mr vesey i s all for conversion of the hamilton ban on school segregation is praised by press abroad i do not think that in the li<rht of the overall cost it would be unreasonable to apportion the cost o#-the post office over four or five years tt is good sound common sense to lav out a capital expendi ture of 50.000 a year foi two or three years oh a money making project which nets considerably more mr davidson concluded hot a resumption of debate on monday the hon w w davidson member in charge of the select committee's re port very carefully explained why 7 * the committee was op london â€” european and asiatic commentators hailed the initeel states supreme court decision banning segregation in america's schools as a notable advance the decision was a front-page sto-ry in most european newspapers youth sunday parade above are sc nes recorded in church street hamilton as posed to extending the present post office building and why hamilton hotel and other makeshift places were not recommended saying that he did not wish to be regarded as antagonistic in the matter mr vesey out lined soine of the capital ex penditures the colony was committed to over the next few ye'ars and he repeated his warning that the proposed plan would run into too much various youth groups paraded from the em pire youth sunday service in the cathedral in britain which itself prac tices segregation in bermuda end some other colonies hews i apera praised the decision although they foresaw trouble iii the top picture three different group s of girl guides are seen while below are some of quietly in germany where non-segregation among ameri can occupation force is an old story xegroe s and white men work together in the united states army and air force overseas and their children have been attending the same school s for months in order to extend the present site to give the cob mial postmaster the space re quired for efficient operation of his department the result ing building would detract considerably from the archi tectural layout of the area rnd depreciate the grounds of the house of assembly the boy scouts the band on the sideline i s the church lads brigade from st george's ed kelly photo in working out the details the liberal manchester guardian expressed immense relief at america's having put behind it what has long been its worst reproach . . . 15 negro physicians here for liass reunion money he reiterated his view that the hamilton hotel was the best site and proposed that members be taken on a tour there will be ingenious attempts to get around the decision , . . but whatever the immediate troubles may be they will pas's a group of 15 amcrie*;ni physicians including one wo man who were iiie'inb.-is of the medical class graduating f r o m howard imfv&rsity awshington d.c in 1!Â»24 ar rived iii the colony by the liiier ocean monarch cm mon day for a re-union party Â» versity nelttded amongst them were doctors eustace and millard canii aiid c a smith about 75 guests were friday they are due to iilet'l other members of the class who we're nimble to come here they will pose for i photo at the medical school attend t h e commencement exercise's have a dinner party and the following day will round out the re-union with a cruise abard the yacht owned by one of the greuip personal and social he added that the commit tee considered converting the llamiton prison but there ivere two main disadvantages ll that government does not own the corner of parliament of the building by the public works authorities so that they could have all the advantages and disadvantage pointed out the e'\<*s chronicle lon don's principal libefai organ headlined the stca-y a blae-k stain wiped out it hailed american recognition of the idea that the rights of man include all men the news chronicle also foresaw south i'rn attempts to circumvent the ruling but predicted they won't succeed for long presenl returning to the states after an extended stay with her family at khyber pass warwick was mrs lillian w fortune of xew york continued on page 6 dr green was full of praise for the welcome his party re ceived in the colony all had had a wonderful time fishing swimming and just plain sleeping in washington on euguene woods makes fine showing in first u.k game they were guests at the sunse't lodge the pembroke resort hotel and are due to leave this afternoon by the memarch tei be buck in avash ington on friday to attend the commencement exercises of their old university * # # the visiting doctors are leaving the colony last week for a business trip to the united states , : were mr a r clarke and son t mr bradford clarek of pembroke euguene buck woods the bermuda speed bowler who left he*re a few weeks ago to play with the penzance cricket club in penzance england proved to be a great crowd nleaser in his very first game in the w.k attraction of course was euguene woods the young penzance professional from bermuda he pleased the crowd with his action and speed but he did not have the luck for catches were drop ped off him one of which proved fatal to penzance's chances joseph francis andrews ny ora mabel l fisher resthaven hospital detroit michigan w henry green washington charles m har ris philadelphia 1-ynii 3 o harris washington d.c edward gaylord howell new jersey lessem a keene wolf cub pack io urgent need of helpers lord p>e*averbrook\s con e'vvative daily express whieh has campaigned against segregation in bermuda took a graver view of the effect of the ruling mm the south the visiting party is headed by dr william henry green of washington d.c who was class president when th group graduated thirty years ago he said this morning that the bermuda reunion was not the first in the three de cades but there were many present this^tttne who had not seen each other since 1924 â€¢ * * the bishops own wolf cub pack are now in urgent need of helpers if you would like mr leon furbert of south shore warwick east received the congratulations of his many friends when . he cele brated his birthday on satur day may 22 a recent issue of the weekly newspaper the cornishnian made the following comment on the 18-year-old somerset bowler : *--*' one of the largest crowds at a senior league game at i penzance on saturday saw camborne still 71 runs behind effect a draw with their last men in after penzance had de clared at 191-7 iei help them in any way please washington d.c carter l marshall xew haven conn charlea h marshall wash ington d.c william j the decision spells trouble the express said in a wash ington dispatch in many of the southern states . . . white parents will refuse to let their ehildren sit in the same classrooms as the picaninnies the expected demonstrations could easily develop into b-acial riots he showed real hostility and came off the pitch very fast aad he may well claim a number of wickets when he gets really warmed up and when the fielders get used to the extra pace at which the ball is travelling a strong attacking field was set and it â€¢ . â€¢:, richmond road hamil ton or wrl'itc to me please try and do your best to help li you wish te offer your ser viees en donate to the bermuda key scoot assex-iation or ire uire any information please write to g s walker at 5 dockyard terrace ireland island lltae mrs levine shadov " idg tt chester penn leo i in lord pohinsoii springfield ohio e benjamin thompson williamson w va william a wethers new york city edward c maziqne washing ton d.c and joseph carwin stamford conn little soina grant daugh ter of mr and mrs philip grant of church street ham ilton was hostess to a number of her friend s and relatives on sunday when she celebrated her 4th birthday * * * on monday night t li e visitors were feted at a recep tion at the lodge given by their bermuda friends who were alumni e>f howard dni continued on page 6 the decision was received ttiui i mmmt jtf why not try these two

for ji - jb reorder i drinlriwj always fresh uj j purvis & co ltd price 6d wednesdays 9d saturdays published bi weekly canada's best hamilton bermuda wednesday june 2 1954 volume xxx no 92 m.p.'s continue to wrangle over site for new post office hundreds turn out w * s_si . "-___, 4-_^^-_---Â»jn--------_'^------------l b-a mmmlttmm wm . * jf : __ twa -â– .*-** 4^wfl m^mmmmw m *Â« * vt^-_-_-i * * ' a 4^_______r :___. ___â– * l------l^-p mmmwm^^m w . tl _â€¢ . tpa '; w b|k ajijf qjmmmtwmtbmmmz?e b k_k > s 9_\ttfsr^f maÂ£z!$&wmmâ€”m tiij^^kt f b-_---------fe ej_3 ___â– * i _â– -!â– %Â»; imm bfill j^ft-vt for empire youth sunday ceremony alter another two-boor wrangle in the house ot assembly on monday about the site upon which to construct an up-to-date general tost office for the colony members were forced to three very important messages one of which was from her majesty the queen were heard at the service in the cathe dral on sunday marking local observance of empire youth deter debate in the hope that they would reach a decision at a later meeting sunday members seemed perplexed and church streets and 2 that it would be necessary to construct a new prison which w o u 1 d cost an estimated 100.000 about 500 years represent ing variou s organizations and several adults listened intent ly as his excellency the gov ernor lit general sir alex ander hood read the queen's message expressing hope that in these years of prepara tion the youth of the com monwealth may go forward with confidence in their high destiny and with affection for each other as brothers and sisters on one world-wide family . ." the colony and in the hands of the whole of the youth lies the destiny of the world av h e t h e r the overnment 7*fiould move the post office from the present site b if â– so can the hamilton hotel which was purchasi*d with a a*ie\v towards converting it into a p.o among other things be used and e if not what alte*rnative site should be selected these question have been on three main questions a to the adults rev cattell said : don't be too critical of youth because of over anxiety . . . there is nothing continuing mr davidson stated that the more the com niitte*e le>oked at the hamilton hotel the clearer it became that it was unsuitable for the post office aside from the cost of conversion there was tiie major problem of re locating government depart ments now using the building to t ll ( youngster than to e told w were not like that when w were young youth ha s ' beer criticised since the beginning more uiide*r special study for more ihan a year by a joint select committee of the legislature which came forward three wee*ks ago with a report ad vising against a and b and recommending instead that a new post office be con structed at an estimated cost of 100.000 on a plot of land east of the hamilton hotel the land at present is owned by the corporation of hamil ton of time : * a Â« f * *Â£ at s - .- mm 3_mw i___k n k ***** ~" mmmmmww m^^m a * _.____________â– Â§__ i i a______l l_________a e m^wm*m7m fc zm _____! * b___i i * * j w ~**** g l-__b m ae*averbrook\s con e'vvative daily express whieh has campaigned against segregation in bermuda took a graver view of the effect of the ruling mm the south the visiting party is headed by dr william henry green of washington d.c who was class president when th group graduated thirty years ago he said this morning that the bermuda reunion was not the first in the three de cades but there were many present this^tttne who had not seen each other since 1924 â€¢ * * the bishops own wolf cub pack are now in urgent need of helpers if you would like mr leon furbert of south shore warwick east received the congratulations of his many friends when . he cele brated his birthday on satur day may 22 a recent issue of the weekly newspaper the cornishnian made the following comment on the 18-year-old somerset bowler : *--*' one of the largest crowds at a senior league game at i penzance on saturday saw camborne still 71 runs behind effect a draw with their last men in after penzance had de clared at 191-7 iei help them in any way please washington d.c carter l marshall xew haven conn charlea h marshall wash ington d.c william j the decision spells trouble the express said in a wash ington dispatch in many of the southern states . . . white parents will refuse to let their ehildren sit in the same classrooms as the picaninnies the expected demonstrations could easily develop into b-acial riots he showed real hostility and came off the pitch very fast aad he may well claim a number of wickets when he gets really warmed up and when the fielders get used to the extra pace at which the ball is travelling a strong attacking field was set and it â€¢ . â€¢:, richmond road hamil ton or wrl'itc to me please try and do your best to help li you wish te offer your ser viees en donate to the bermuda key scoot assex-iation or ire uire any information please write to g s walker at 5 dockyard terrace ireland island lltae mrs levine shadov " idg tt chester penn leo i in lord pohinsoii springfield ohio e benjamin thompson williamson w va william a wethers new york city edward c maziqne washing ton d.c and joseph carwin stamford conn little soina grant daugh ter of mr and mrs philip grant of church street ham ilton was hostess to a number of her friend s and relatives on sunday when she celebrated her 4th birthday * * * on monday night t li e visitors were feted at a recep tion at the lodge given by their bermuda friends who were alumni e>f howard dni continued on page 6 the decision was received ttiui i mmmt jtf why not try these two